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There are six sides an army jeep might
land upon after flying into the air
and returning to a parking spot in the back
of headquarters in the middle of Saigon
in January of 1968. All four tires
are only on one side of the six chances.
These are facts. Finite numbers.
But no one knows the number of times
a Viet Cong might have rigged booby-trap
charges under random US personnel jeeps
in preparation for the Tet Offensive
only to have half the charge detonate
when the driver flipped the vehicle's key,
tossing the jeep into the air, two soldiers
still seated, driver and passenger, as it
landed miraculously on all four tires,
bounced, intact, a mathematical mystery
for my father to wonder on to this day.
Phantom Limbs
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Where are they? The phantom limbs
so often spoken of? Bringing the ghost
tingles. Walking into the black path.
Some destination never accomplished
peddling...